MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) will cancel classes at 27 school programs in buildings lacking air conditioning on Thursday, Aug. 29, and Friday, Aug. 30, due to ongoing high temperatures in the region. Classes at those sites will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 3, after the Labor Day holiday. Students will not need to make up the canceled days.

In deciding to cancel classes at select schools, we took into account the assessments of MPS leadership, school principals and leaders in our Health Services and Emergency Management, Safety and Security departments. While we were able to deploy additional resources to lessen the effects of heat as much as possible Monday through Wednesday, we determined that the level of support necessary for student health and safety at these locations would be unsustainable for the remainder of the week.